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The murder of American journalist
The Wahington Times ^ | July 20, 2005

Posted on 08/07/2005 12:57:49 PM PDT by lizol

The murder of American journalist July 20, 2005

A year ago, the crusading American journalist Paul Klebnikov was murdered outside his office in Moscow, shot dead in a premeditated killing. The questions of who murdered him and why remain disputed, and show how far Russia remains from guaranteeing liberties for prominent foreign reporters, to say nothing of its own citizens. Mr. Klebnikov was in no small way the leading edge of free and open inquiry by foreign journalists in Russia, and quite possibly by anyone there. Renowned for his toughness, his knowledge of Russian business and politics and his singular passion for the country, Mr. Klebnikov authored groundbreaking books including "Godfather of the Kremlin: Boris Berezovsky and the Looting of Russia" and "Conversation with a Barbarian," a series of interviews with the Chechen separatist Khozh-Akhmed Nukhayev. He had just launched Forbes magazine's Russian edition in April 2004, intending to establish Forbes as the leading expositor of corruption and crime in Russian politics and business. But apparently his work hit a nerve. On the evening of July 9, as Mr. Klebnikov exited Forbes' Moscow offices, gunmen shot him several times from a car with tinted windows. After a series of mishaps, including a jammed hospital elevator that prevented him from receiving emergency surgery, Mr. Klebnikov died. Contract killings had reached an all-time post-Soviet high that summer, government statistics later showed. Twelve journalists have been murdered in Russia since Vladimir Putin took office. Mr. Klebnikov was the first and only American among them.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Russia
KEYWORDS: forbesmagazine; journalist; klebnikov; klebnikowv; paulklebnikov; russia

1 posted on 08/07/2005 12:57:50 PM PDT by lizol
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To: Freelance Warrior

And you're saying we should apologize Russia for anything???


2 posted on 08/07/2005 1:01:42 PM PDT by lizol
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To: lizol

WHY DID BUSH LET THIS HAPPEN??? DOESN'T HE CARE??!!


3 posted on 08/07/2005 1:04:24 PM PDT by CAWats (Most women find me utterly facinating.)
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To: lizol

bump


4 posted on 08/07/2005 1:05:27 PM PDT by wildcatf4f3 (whats wrong with a draft?)
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To: CAWats
Well, he was told probably by the Russians, that: " Chechen Nukhayev ordered the killing because Mr. Klebnikov's book "negatively spoke about [him] and criticized his statements."
5 posted on 08/07/2005 1:11:13 PM PDT by lizol
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To: wildcatf4f3
(whats wrong with a draft?)


You might catch a cold?

Sorry, Couldn't resist.
6 posted on 08/07/2005 1:15:18 PM PDT by CAWats (Most women find me utterly facinating.)
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To: lizol

There was a story on line the other day that this journalist may have been murdered for having a 'relationship' with his interpreter.


7 posted on 08/07/2005 1:41:13 PM PDT by OldFriend (MERCY TO THE GUILTY IS CRUELTY TO THE INNOCENT ~ Adam Smith)
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To: lizol
Sorry, I did NOT read the article carefully.

Please excuse my comments. I thought this was in relation to the journalist killed in Basra, Iraq.

8 posted on 08/07/2005 1:42:22 PM PDT by OldFriend (MERCY TO THE GUILTY IS CRUELTY TO THE INNOCENT ~ Adam Smith)
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To: lizol
The questions of who murdered him and why remain disputed, and show how far Russia remains from guaranteeing liberties for prominent foreign reporters, to say nothing of its own citizens.

Stupid provacative statement. If the Russian government made him stop, you could say that. That he was murdered by someone about whom he wrote (and he exposed a lot of top oligarchs) is not the same thing. Plenty of journalists have been killed here in the US by the mafia and others, does this mean the US government is behind it? Only if you're a leftist that hates Bush.

9 posted on 08/08/2005 11:40:16 AM PDT by jb6 ( Free Haghai Sophia! Crusade!)
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To: jb6
I didn't post this article to prove, that they kill journalists in Russia.

As you wrote - s**t hppens everywhere.
I just got furious, when Freelance Warrior claimed on the other thread, that Poland is an racist country, and foreigners (Russians in this case) are being attacked in Poland - after that story with 3 Russian youngsters got beaten in Poland. Whereas the same happens in Russia on much larger scale and in much more brutal way.
10 posted on 08/08/2005 12:03:33 PM PDT by lizol
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To: lizol

The evidence points to a combination of Chechen gangsters and Boris Berezovsky.


11 posted on 08/08/2005 12:05:23 PM PDT by Diocletian
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To: lizol
I agree with you completely, I am also sick of Russia claiming to be a victim. Nothing changed there, different leaders, same mentality. When is Russia going to be held responsible for the millions they killed in the name of communism?
12 posted on 08/08/2005 12:11:43 PM PDT by Quinotto (On matters of style swim with the current,on matters of principle stand like a rock-Thomas Jefferson)
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To: lizol

Oh, I never said you did. I was commenting on the title and the writing style of the article itself.


13 posted on 08/08/2005 12:31:49 PM PDT by jb6 ( Free Haghai Sophia! Crusade!)
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To: lizol

Well the journalist, though he had US citizenship was actually ethnically Russian, so it's hardly racism. On the other hand, he slammed the toes of all the big oligarches so its no surprise one of those "upstanding" businessmen (businessmen my arse) did him in.


14 posted on 08/08/2005 12:34:02 PM PDT by jb6 ( Free Haghai Sophia! Crusade!)
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